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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Corn Exchange behind the Town Hall was built by a private company. 98 The first cattle market was enlarged in 1827 and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… has been enlarged in 1898, 1904, and 1930-8. 21 A private company operated a telegraph service until 1870, when it was … service was provided from 1898 by the National Telephone Company. 23 A weekly newspaper known as the Lynn and Wisbech … and the prices high. 47The Wisbech Gas Light and Coke Company, with works in Eastfield, was formed in 1859. 48Its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in force for some years, and under its provisions the company enacted laws; but in process of time, it was found to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (econ. life 15001800: other trades). M. Bee, 'Clinch and Company, Brewers', Oxon. Local Hist. vol. 2, no. 3 (1985), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abandoned. In 1948 Marriott's became a public limited company, followed by Early's soon after, 6 and in the early … in 1960 of Early's and Marriott's, forming the combined company of Charles Early and Marriott (Witney) Ltd, was … the premises for furniture-making. 15 The Witney Blanket Company, also taken over by a larger company and faced with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… coats, and the establishment in 1670 of the Hudson Bay Company increased export opportunities: the Company ordered … those associated with the cloth industry such as mercers, haberdashers, and drapers. In the late 16th and early 17th century mercers and haberdashers such as Richard and William Clempson (d. 1602 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to a horse-powered rowing machine provided by the Blanket Company for its members in 1782, used for raising the nap … at West End were sold in 1847. 23 Meanwhile the Blanket Company, widely perceived by the 1810s as an anachronistic … around 1800, 25 and though officers were elected until the Company's official closure in 1847, by the 1830s it had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… family firms until after the Second World War. 13 A fourth company, James Walker and Sons Ltd of Mirfield (Yorks.), … per cent of Witney's total; 14 the initiative allowed the company to exploit the Witney trade-name, which, since a … in which Witney blankets were held. 15 The Witney Blanket Company continued as a mail-order supplier of blankets, …